Apple Raisin Bread

BY Rosane Oliveira, DVM, PhD

Our Apple Raisin Bread recipe takes advantage of swaps like nut milk, mashed banana, and aquafaba to turn the traditional recipe on its head and transform it into a dairy-free, oil-free and egg-free masterpiece. Easy to whip up and with a 40-minute bake time, you and your family will be enjoying slices of hot homemade bread in just about an hour.

Directions

Combine nut milk and apple cider vinegar in a bowl. Let sit for five minutes then stir in applesauce.

In a second bowl, mix mashed banana and vanilla extract.

In a third, large bowl, mix all other dry ingredients except raisins.

Stir bowls of wet ingredients into bowl of dry ingredients, then fold in the raisins.

Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 35-45 minutes, until golden brown and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Gently remove from pan. Cool, slice, and serve.

Rosane Oliveira, DVM, PhD

Rosane Oliveira, DVM, PhD is Founding Director of UC Davis Integrative Medicine and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences at the School of Medicine at the University of California Davis. Blending a life-long passion for food and nutrition with over 20 years of scientific experience in genetic research, Dr. Oliveira is devoted to educating people about how food and lifestyle choices can affect genetic expression–i.e. how genes are turned on and off and either cause disease or promote health. She is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has lived in the US since 2003.